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With GE around the corner, the ruling party is currently on “damage control” mode, desperately trying to appease frustrated Singaporeans who are unable to afford a decent HDB flat due to the rising price of flats. At a briefing on the board’s FY09/10 annual report on October 20th, HDB CEO Cheong Koon Hean... 

Sex! Got your attention? Apparently it worked for Clover Holdings, which recently offered $13 million for the Sex.com domain name, according to documents filed this week. If its approved next week, the sale will keep the domain at the top of the list of highest-priced names. Escom, the current owner, paid $14 million for... 

The editors of Temasek Review have entered into a preliminary agreement to sell the temasekreview.com domain name to a non-Singaporean businesswoman, according to a press release made on the socio-political website on Monday. Under the agreement, reached on Saturday, the purchase price for the domain is a “token sum... 

Further to our publication of a contributed article entitled “Is Braema Mathi of MARUAH a PAP plant?”, MARUAH has responded on their website, which we reproduce verbatim below for the benefit of our readers. MARUAH’s response to Temasek Review article Dear MARUAH members and supporters, I just would like to... 

The below exercise is to look at the various GRCs in 2006 election and predict the likely outcomes in upcoming elections assuming the GRCs remain similar and that there is no more than 1 opposition party contesting in one GRC. The purpose of this exercise is not to forecast who will be the winner and by how much they will... 

As Singapore nears the General Elections, the Ruling Party of the Singapore Government the People’s Action Party have reiterated, repeatedly that the people’s relationship with them is one that is based on a system of trust. An example would be – - Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, in retracing... 

PRESS RELEASE A preliminary agreement has been reached between the editors of Temasek Review and a non-Singaporean businesswoman on the sale of our domain, temasekreview.com on 23rd October 2010. About a week ago, when our editorial team first heard about the “rumors” of Temasek Holdings’ interest in... 

Dear Temasek Review readers On 1st Oct 2010, a self-proclaimed idealistic senior citizen by the name of Dr Samuel Cheah wrote about a vision of active aging. According to him, the elderly could be “aging eagles” and they could rejoin the workforce after going through retraining supported by the ruling People’s Action... 

Koh Hui Theng and Ng Wan Ching What are your interests in this ‘Temasek Review’ name? Are you from Temasek Holdings? Or paid by them? Or are you paid by someone else to do their dirty work? Why are you even suggesting buying the name? Do you have authority on this matter? If you both are journalists (presumably investigative... 

Dear Mr Lim,   I refer to the 13 Oct 2010 Straits Times report of your arguments against the minimum wage law.   You said our turnaround is proof that we should stick to the status quo and eschew the minimum wage law.  However, our turnaround doesn’t mean that other ways will not lead to a turnaround.  Our turnaround...